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At a Glance
| Firm | Shultz & Rollins, Ltd. |
| Offices | 1980 E. Fort Lowell Rd., Ste. 200, Tucson · also serves Yuma |
| Attorney | Silas H. Shultz — University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, J.D. 1966 (Board of Editors, Arizona Law Review, 1965–66) |
| Certifications | Certified Specialist, Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation, State Bar of Arizona; Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy |
| Practice focus | Personal injury, wrongful death, product liability (including defective automobiles and tires), auto/trucking/motorcycle accidents, medical malpractice — representing injured individuals exclusively |
| Recognition | Million Dollar Advocates Forum member; Super Lawyer 2008–2025; Senior Counsel, The College of Master Advocates and Barristers |
| Contact | (520) 792-4800 |
Sixty Years, One Career That Switched Sides
Silas Shultz has practiced law in Arizona since 1966, when he graduated from the University of Arizona’s law school after serving on the Arizona Law Review’s Board of Editors. His career, however, did not begin on the plaintiff’s side of the courtroom. Shultz began in insurance defense, rising to Senior Partner at a prominent Arizona firm where he defended Fortune 500 companies in serious cases, including complex multi-million-dollar defective product claims — the same category of case he now brings on behalf of injured people.
Shultz’s own account of that history is direct: the experience of learning how insurance companies and manufacturers defend lawsuits, he says, has proven to be an invaluable asset in representing plaintiffs against those same entities. Today his practice is limited exclusively to representing injured individuals — personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, defective automobiles and tires, automobile and trucking accidents, motorcycle accidents, and medical malpractice.
Practice Areas
The firm’s docket centers on catastrophic and product-related injury litigation: defective vehicle and tire claims, serious auto and trucking accident cases, motorcycle accidents, and medical malpractice, alongside broader personal injury and wrongful death work. Shultz’s defense-side background in defective product litigation gives the firm a specific credential in that niche that solo plaintiff practices without that history typically lack.
Track Record
Awesome Attorneys located one specific case reference in public sourcing: Jeffrey Dennis v. Barton M. Butterbaugh, MD & Spectrum Emergency Care, Inc., a medical malpractice matter associated with Shultz’s practice. Beyond this, Awesome Attorneys did not locate a published verdicts-and-settlements ledger with case-specific dollar figures as of the research date. Shultz’s Million Dollar Advocates Forum membership independently confirms a history of seven-figure client recoveries, since that is a condition of the organization’s membership criteria.
ABOUT THESE RESULTS. The case reference above is drawn from public court-record indexing and has not been independently confirmed in full. Past results do not guarantee, warrant, or predict the outcome of any future case; every matter turns on its own facts and law.
In Clients’ Words
Awesome Attorneys did not locate detailed, attributable client reviews for Shultz & Rollins on major review platforms as of the research date. This is worth naming directly for a nearly six-decade practice; prospective clients should ask the firm directly for references or recent client experience.
Beyond the Courtroom
Shultz has served on the Board of Directors of the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association since 1991 and on the Board of Governors of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (now the American Association for Justice) since 1994. He is a member of the Roscoe Pound Foundation and Phi Delta Phi, the international legal honor society, and holds the title of Senior Counsel in The College of Master Advocates and Barristers.
Recognition
Shultz has been recognized by Super Lawyers of the Southwest continuously from 2008 through 2025, per Super Lawyers’ own records. He is a Life Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an invitation-only organization limited to attorneys who have secured million- or multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements. His dual certifications — State Bar of Arizona Certified Specialist in Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation, and Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy — represent the peer-reviewed tier of credential this series treats as strongest.
Arizona Legal Backdrop
| A.R.S. § 12-542 | Two-year statute of limitations for personal injury and wrongful death claims |
| A.R.S. § 12-821.01 | 180-day notice of claim requirement before suing a public entity or employee |
| A.R.S. § 12-821 | One-year statute of limitations for suits against public entities |
| A.R.S. § 12-2505 | Arizona’s pure comparative negligence rule |
| A.R.S. § 12-502 | Tolling of limitations periods for minors and persons under a legal disability |
Shultz’s defective-product niche brings Arizona’s strict products-liability doctrine into play alongside the standard two-year window under § 12-542 — a manufacturer or seller can be held liable for a defective product regardless of fault, a different legal theory than the negligence standard that governs most auto-accident claims.
The Awesome Attorneys Assessment
Silas Shultz’s nearly sixty-year career, dual certifications, Million Dollar Advocates Forum membership, and eighteen consecutive years on the Super Lawyers list are genuine, well-documented credentials. His defense-side origin in complex product liability defense is an unusual asset rather than a liability once disclosed honestly: he has spent decades applying that insider knowledge on behalf of injured plaintiffs instead.
The honest caveat is the same one that applies to several long-tenured solo and small practices in this series: Awesome Attorneys could not locate a modern client-review footprint or an itemized results ledger for a firm of this tenure, which makes it harder for a prospective client to research recent client experience online before calling.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched using Avvo, Super Lawyers, Justia, Lawyer.com, Mediation.com, and MoreLaw court-record indexing. All statutory citations were checked against the Arizona Revised Statutes as published by the Arizona State Legislature. No compensation was sought or received from the firm, and the firm was not contacted prior to publication of this profile.
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